The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
HERODOTUSMy men have become women, but the women men.
More Herodotus Quotes
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
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The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It’s impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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